
DES MOINES, Iowa — A member of the Iowa Army National Guard from northeast Iowa died in Germany after suffering a heat stroke in Iraq, where temperatures had reached 125 to 130 degrees, Guard Spokesman Col. Robert King said.
Pfc. David Kirchhoff, 31, of Anamosa, Iowa, suffered the heat stroke Aug. 8 and slipped into a coma while he was being evacuated to a hospital in Germany. He had been kept on a life-support system.
Kirchhoff died Aug. 14 with his wife, Brooke, his brother and Brooke’s father at his side at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, King said.
Nancy Kirchhoff, of Cedar Rapids, a retired teacher, last talked to her son Aug. 2 during a three-way phone call...